Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)

Saturday 2 June 2012June 1, 2012 (BOR) - Jonglei State governor, Kuol Manyang Juuk, said Friday that there had been a 90 percent drop in raids and cases of abduction in his state during a visit to Bor of the United Nations Special Representative of the (...)

Friday 22 May 2009May 21, 2009 (PHNOM PENH) – Cambodia, one of the world’s most heavily mined countries, is sending 52 soldiers to replace some members of its group who take part in landmines clearence in southern Sudan, defence officials said on (...)

Monday 21 November 2011By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
November 18, 2011 (BENTIU) - The commissioner of Unity state’s Payinjiar county Peter Gai Joak has denounced early marriage and initiation ceremonies as violation of the rights of children in the county, while (...)

Monday 23 August 2004ABUJA, Aug 23 (AFP) — Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday warned Sudan to move more quickly to disarm the feared Janjaweed militia and called for African Union peacekeepers to be sent to Darfur.
On the eve of an African (...)

Wednesday 16 November 2011By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
November 15, 2011 (BENTIU) - South Sudan’s army released 53 children from its barracks in Unity state on Tuesday, following a forced recruitment earlier this year to help fight a rebellion. Group of child (...)

Tuesday 18 September 2012September 17, 2012 (JUBA) – A coordination conference on the program of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) for South Sudan held on Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, has called for new approach in the program (...)

Wednesday 30 June 2004ADDIS ABABA, June 30, 2004 (dpa) — African foreign ministers Wednesday opened talks to prepare for next week’s summit, hearing an appeal for help the Sudanese government disarm militiamen in Darfur, western Sudan.
Alpha Oumar Konare (...)

Tuesday 13 March 2012UN Mission in South Sudan
PRESS RELEASE
South Sudan commits to making the national army child-free
12 March 2012 Juba, South Sudan – The Sudanese People’s Liberation Army of
South Sudan (SPLA) signed an agreement called an action (...)

Friday 7 February 2014January 5, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Three soldiers and two cattle herders were killed in South Sudan’s Lakes state after an incident, in which a civilian declined to be disarmed, turned violent in Pulkuc, about 14-km from Rumbek Central county. (...)

Wednesday 1 September 2010By James Gatdet Dak
August 31, 2010 (JUBA) – Out of 90,000 soldiers targeted to be demobilized by the SPLA – the former rebels who govern south Sudan – since a 2005 peace deal with the Khartoum government, only 6,000 have been (...)

The 62nd anniversary of Torit popular uprising 2017-08-17 00:23:12
By Arop Madut Arop
As the people of the Republic of South Sudan mark and celebrate the 62nd anniversary of August 18th, 1955 Torit uprising, it would extremely be important to recall the events (...)

What is the value of water?2017-08-14 21:28:25
By Innocent Ntabana
When you and I breathe in fresh air, the amount I inhale affects you in no way. This is because air is abundant and so there’s plenty of it to go around. We actually take it (...)

The paradox of weapons collection in Darfur 2017-08-13 09:13:14
By Mahmoud A. Suleiman
As a Sudanese people who long for stability, peace and security, we have no objection to the decision to collect unlicensed weapons throughout Sudan, but our reservation (...)

New group formed to gather Nuer in United States 2017-08-17 14:15:50
DECLARATION FOR THE FORMATION OF NUD TO BRING TOGETHER ALL NUER IN THE U.S.A Press Statement
The Nuer Union For Development (NUD)
The United State of America
The State of Nebraska August 15, (...)